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HTX provides $750,000 funding to Profound Medical through Technology Assessment Program

HTX, a member of the Canadian Venture Capital Association, announced today it provided $750,000 in financing to Profound Medical Inc. through their Technology Assessment Program.

15 Jun 2011

Where does non-emergency food aid fit in development?

"Pre-positioning food stocks has some important advantages besides saving time: it can lower program costs for the food itself and shipping. Mostly, however, it's crazy that the Congress still requires that U.S. food aid be bought here and transported around the world on U.S.-flagged ships," Kimberly Ann Elliott, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, writes on the "Views from the Center" blog.

15 Jun 2011

EOW hosts national conference to highlight practice of Female Genital Mutilation

Girls from the UK are being subjected to illegal genital mutilation, despite the devastating consequences, a University of Leicester postgraduate student claims.

15 Jun 2011

ESC publishes position paper to raise the profile of vulnerable plaques

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Working Group of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology has published a position paper to raise the profile of vulnerable plaques and the need for greater use of therapies to promote plaque stabilisation.

15 Jun 2011

FAO initiative aims to expand sustainable crop production methods among small farmers

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released a report on Monday outlining a new initiative that aims to expand sustainable crop production, Wall Street Journal's "The Source" blog reports.

15 Jun 2011

World Economic Forum on East Asia panel calls for governments to do more to achieve MDGs

Economists at a meeting of the World Economic Forum on East Asia called on governments to do more to meet the Millennium Development Goal targets, VOA News reports.

15 Jun 2011

Researchers reveal how anti-arrhythmic drugs control irregular heartbeats

University of British Columbia researchers - using an innovative, atom-by-atom substitution method - have uncovered the mechanism by which a particular class of drugs controls irregular heartbeats.

15 Jun 2011

immatics initiates IMA901 Phase III trial in renal cell carcinoma

igoommatics biotechnologies GmbH, a biopharmaceutical company developing advanced therapeutic vaccines that are active against cancer, announced today that the first patients have been vaccinated in the IMPRINT study, a pivotal Phase III trial with IMA901, the company's lead cancer vaccine for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma.

15 Jun 2011

Meningitis vaccine showing success in West Africa

The New York Times reports on the success of a new meningococcal vaccine in West Africa, where very few cases of the disease have been detected in countries that use MenAfriVac, which costs 50 cents per dose.

15 Jun 2011

BDC releases new technology to aid medical device industry with product design testing

Endovascular stents, stent grafts, and transcatheter heart valve (TAVI) devices provide enhanced methods for clinical treatment of cardiac and vascular disease. Further research and product development is currently ongoing worldwide to address complications associated with these devices.

15 Jun 2011

Study investigates effects of dopamine replacement therapy on cognition in patients with Parkinson's

Dopamine replacement therapy, which is used to manage motor symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease, can, at times, adversely affect cognition.

15 Jun 2011

Large donations help GAVI raise $4.3B, exceeding goal

"Large donations from the U.K., Norway and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation helped a global vaccine charity raise $4.3 billion at a summit Monday, exceeding its targets and allowing it to carry out all its immunization plans through 2015," the Wall Street Journal reports.

15 Jun 2011

Scientists use time-lapse technique to create lab model for ovarian cancer

Scientists at Harvard University have created a laboratory model using time-lapse video microscopic technology that allows observation of early stages of ovarian cancer metastasis.

15 Jun 2011

Bariatric surgery reduces risk of heart attack, stroke or death

Bariatric surgery can cut the incidence of heart attack, stroke or death by as much as 50 percent, according to a new study presented here at the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery.

15 Jun 2011

Children with good understanding of cardinal principle do better in maths

Preschool children seem to grasp the true concept of counting only if they are taught to understand the number value of groups of objects greater than three, research at the University of Chicago shows.

15 Jun 2011

Bariatric surgery may treat polycystic ovarian syndrome in women of child-bearing age

Obesity has been linked to infertility and now a new study shows bariatric surgery may treat its most common cause, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal imbalance that affects up to 10 percent of women of child-bearing age -- 33 to 50 percent of whom are overweight or obese.

15 Jun 2011

Local misconceptions of children's immune systems hindering HIV treatment in Malawi, study says

Some caregivers in rural Malawi have expressed a reluctance to begin antiretroviral therapy for children living with HIV because of a belief that their "bodies were too weak for pills and their blood was 'still raw,' but that as it 'ripened' with time, HIV-related opportunistic infections would leave them," according to a study presented this week at the 1st International HIV Social Science and Humanities Conference in Durban, South Africa, PlusNews reports.

15 Jun 2011

Research News and Research

HTX provides $750,000 funding to Profound Medical through Technology Assessment Program

Where does non-emergency food aid fit in development?

EOW hosts national conference to highlight practice of Female Genital Mutilation

ESC publishes position paper to raise the profile of vulnerable plaques

FAO initiative aims to expand sustainable crop production methods among small farmers

World Economic Forum on East Asia panel calls for governments to do more to achieve MDGs

Researchers reveal how anti-arrhythmic drugs control irregular heartbeats

immatics initiates IMA901 Phase III trial in renal cell carcinoma

Meningitis vaccine showing success in West Africa

BDC releases new technology to aid medical device industry with product design testing

Study investigates effects of dopamine replacement therapy on cognition in patients with Parkinson's

Large donations help GAVI raise $4.3B, exceeding goal

Scientists use time-lapse technique to create lab model for ovarian cancer

Bariatric surgery reduces risk of heart attack, stroke or death

Children with good understanding of cardinal principle do better in maths

Bariatric surgery may treat polycystic ovarian syndrome in women of child-bearing age

Local misconceptions of children's immune systems hindering HIV treatment in Malawi, study says

Change in diet can reduce cancer risk

Copper induces protein misfolding, creates fibrillar plaques of Parkinson's disease

California adults increase fruit and vegetable consumption from 1997-2007

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